"It's crazy to me that you can't legally purchase most DeLaSoul albums"
CD's out of print. Not available for (legal) digital download. I didn't realize that when the group put up download links to their albums a while back. I'm assuming it's a sample clearance thing, right?
6. "yup. it's silly for any music product to be out of print or unavailable" In response to Reply # 0
for authorized sale in the 21st century. b/c that situation kinda leaves consumers w/no choice except to purchase used or unauthorized copies of the product. which leaves the record company and the artist w/o compensation.
they're shooting themselves in the foot. still. cutting their nose to spite their face.
i dunno the particulars of the DLS situation - i'm speaking generally. when i haven't been able to buy a music product via authorized means i've used other means. b/c i'm going to have the product if i want it and can find it - one way or another. the record companies and artists can either take my money or not. it's up to them.
12. "damn...Hiphop is turning into Jazz" In response to Reply # 0
are we really coming up on times when someone will walk into your house and see something that dropped in the late 80s or early 90s and goes off about you having a copy of...?
13. "RE: It's crazy to me that you can't legally purchase most DeLaSoul album..." In response to Reply # 0
Yea, I realized this a while back too... I used to have 3 Feet High & Rising but I lost it along with the rest of my CD collection at the time. I need to download that along with a few more of their albums ASAP. I miss those times.
i'm sure sample clearances (lack thereof) has as much to do with it as their old record contracts. you can't just take the uncleared samples out and reissue, ask pharoahe fucking monch.
still, a lot of albums (by great artists in and outside of hip-hop) are OOP and still more go that way all the time. it's frustrating. the time is now if you want a physical copy.
24. "the music industry is a) unaware and b) timid" In response to Reply # 23
i think the infringed upon have a few years to sue for damages but can issue cease and desist orders so long as they continue to own (and can prove) their copyright. that means the samples have to be cleared after the fact or the sampled material has to fall into the public domain (decades from now).
>if so, that's interesting. i wish sampling restrictions were >less rigid. i get it, make your money, but come on.
sample suing is a potential cash cow and not just for the original artists (sometimes not them at all because they don't own their masters or are dead)